Thursday, 29 October 2015

This week we would
like to let you know that CEDANT, the Center for Studies and Research on
Ancient Law, is going to hold its thirteenth Collegium of Roman Law in Pavia from the 11th to the 29 of January 2016., The following theme has been
proposed: “The Institutes of Gaius: adventures of a bestseller. Transmission,
use and transformation of the text”.

The Collegium is an intensive course of study which brings together
international professors and young scholars in a series of seminars. One of its aims is the publication of its
findings after a second phase of work in September 2016. Please follow this link to see all the relevant information.

Thursday, 22 October 2015

We are pleased to inform you that
the FIEC-blog will from now on will information distributed by AIEP,
l’Association Internationale d’Études Patristiques (the International
Association of Patristic Studies). This new connection has been established
since it is the wish of both organizations to foster academic discourse between
related disciplines. In this regard, we would like to thank AIEP for its support in order to create an online
platform spreading all internationally relevant news pertaining to the study of
antiquity. See the first pieces of information below.

The
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, intends to make a new appointment
to a University Lectureship in Patristics, and invites applications from
candidates with a research specialization in any field of Patristic thought and
culture up to the end of the first millennium. The deadline for applications is
the 6th of November 2015. For detailed
information, follow the link.

The
Department of Humanistic Studies at the “Roma Tre” University is
organizing a Conference on Ancient Christian Literature to be held on 30-31 October 2015. For more
information contact Prof. Alberto D'Anna (e.mail alberto.danna@uniroma3.it).

Apart from our new connection to
AIEP, we would like to let you know that the British Library is recruiting a
Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts, with a special responsibility for Classical,
Biblical and Byzantine Manuscripts. The closing date for applications is the 15th of November 2015.

On another note, we would like to
share with you a somewhat amusing article on the use of the Latin language on
Twitter. Its focus is on Spanish football fans supporting their teams, Real
Madrid and FC Barcelona, by posting Latin comments on social media. The article
was published by the German website “bento” (http://www.bento.de/) that is part of the Der Spiegel-newspaper.